Price-scale.



No. 823,397. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. W. E. CRAFT. PRICE SCALE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 823,397. PATBNTED JUNE 12 1906. W. E. CRAFT.

PRICE SCALE.

APPLICATION FILED we. 25, 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM E. CRAFT, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF PATENT OFFICE.

ONE-FIFTH Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. June 12, 1906.

A li ti fil d August 25. 1905. Serial No. 275,802.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. CRAFT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison, State of In' diana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Price-Scales; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to scales, and more particularly to price-scales, and has for'its object to provide a scale of this kind which will be arranged to indicate the value of articles weighed thereupon and which may be manufactured at a low figure.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification, which describes an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the chart-casing. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is an edge view, the chart casing being broken away to show the arrangement of the rolls.

eferring now to the drawings, there is shown a pair of scales comprising a scoop-receiving base 5, an upright standard 6, located at the rear of the base and at one side thereof, and a horizontally-extending casing 7, secured at one end to the upper end of the standard and supported at its other end by a suitable upright 8. A scale-arm 9 is pivoted at one end, as shown, this end carrying an upwardly-extending loop 10, which is engaged with a loop 13, carried by the casing, and a vertical rod 14 is pivoted to the scale-arm adjacent to the loop 10 and between this loop and the plane of the standard 6. The arm 9 extends considerably beyond the opposite side of the loop 10 of the rod 14, and it is graduated, as shown at 9. The rod 14 is connected at its lower end with a verticallymovable platform 11, arranged in the usual manner, the connection being such that downward movement of the platform results in upward movement of the free end 12 of the scale-arm. Engaged with the arm at this I end 12 there is a usual type.

Below the scale-arm 9 and parallel therewith there is a supplemental arm 16, connected with the arm 9 by upwardly-extending portions 17, the supplemental arm 16 being graduated and having a sliding poise 18 mounted thereupon, a similar poise 19 being slidably mounted upon the arm 9, and these poises are provided with pointers 18 and 19, respectively arranged to indicate different points upon the scale-arms.

Mounted within the casing 7 there are a pair of longitudinally-extending chart-rollers 20 and 21, respectively, which lie in spaced relation and which have gears 22 and 23 at their ends which lie away from the standard 6. A stem 24 is engaged in the end of the casing adjacent to the'gears, this stem having a gear 25 at its inner end lying between and meshing with the gears 22 and 23. At its outer end the stem 24 is provided with a thumb-piece 26, by means of which it may be rotated to revolve the shafts 20 and 21.

Secured at its ends to the shafts there is a chart 27, having series of figures marked thereon which extend longitudinally of the casing 7, and the casing is provided with an opening 28 in its forward face, which is formed longitudinally therein and through which one of the series of figures may be seen, it being apparent that the rollers may be revolved to bring the different series into registration with the opening successivel Each series of figures marked upon the chart 27 consists of a plurality of price-marks beginning at the side of the chart lying adjacent to the pivoted end of the scale-arm and increasing toward the free end 12 of the scalearm, these price-marks corresponding with the graduation of the scale-arm to indicate the value of different amounts of merchandise which might be placed upon the scale, and the poise 19 has an upwardly-extending indicator 19 arranged to indicate the different price-marks of the chart. It will be understood that the different series of pricemarks are arranged to indicate the value of merchandise having different values per pound, and the series shown in the drawings is for merchandise at the value of five cents per pound. It will thus be seen that the numeral 5 lies in position for indication by weightreceiver 15 of the ICC the indicator 19 when the indicator 19 lies I value, 'so to speak, of the weight, gives 7 above the one-pound mark upon the scale- 1 thirty-five cents the cost of the merchandise. arm 9, the other price-marks lying above The arm 16 and poise 18 may be used for their respective marks upon the scale-arm weighing under ordinary circumstances or and between the pound-marks of the scale- 1 for balancing a scoop or other vessel. arm. The chart has the prices for fractions 1 What is claimed isof a pound. It will thus be seen that the i In a scale, the combination with a base and poise 19 may be moved to balance the scales a standard carried thereby, of a casing car and that the indicator 19 will then indicate ried by the standard and extending laterally the weight of matter upon the platform 11, therefrom and having a longitudinal opening while the indicator 19 will indicate the price therein, a laterally-extending loop carried by of such matter. the casing, a loop engaged with the first- When matter upon the platform 11 is named loop, a scale-arm having an opening so heavy as not to be balanced by the poise, therein adjacent to its rearward end in which weights A may be disposed upon the weightthe second loop is pivotally engaged for verholder 15, and it will be seen that when this tical movement of the arm upon the loop, a is the case the numbers upon the chart will rod pivotally engaged in the scale-arm rearno longer indicate directly the price of the wardly of the loop and extending down matter weighed. For this reason a second wardly therefrom, a vertically-movable platseries of figures B is marked upon the chart form mounted in the base, connections beat one end of each of the series of price-marks, tween the platform and the arm for simultathese series B consisting of upper numbers neous movement thereof in the same direcindicating the denominations of the tion, a sup lemental scale-arm carried by the weights A which may be used, and of lower first-name scale-arm therebelow and lying numbers B, the latter indicating the value in spaced relation thereto, a poise slidably of a sufficient amount of merchandise to balmounted upon each scale-arm, achart located within the casing, said chart having a series .ance the weights indicated by the figures B,

and it will be understood that these valuaof characters thereon disposed in position to tions correspond with the price per pound of be seen through the opening in the casin an merchandise indicated by the series of priceindicator carried by the poise of the stmarks'. It will thus beapparent that if a named scale-arm and arranged for indication five-pound weight, for instance, be placed of different characters in the series succesupon the weight-holder it will be necessary in sively when the poise is slid upon the arm, order to determine the valuation of merchansaid chart being movable within the casing disc upon the scale to add to the price indiand having additional series of characters cated by the pointer 19" the price appearing thereon arranged for movement into position below the numeral 5 of the numbers B of for observance through the opening succesthe series B. Thus if seven pounds mersively as the chart is moved, and means for chandise are to be sold at the rate of five moving the chart. cents per pound the five-pound weight is dis- In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature posed upon the weight-holder 15 and the inin presence of two witnesses.

icator 19 is moved to the two-pound mark WILLIAM E. CRAFT u on the scale-arm 9, when the indicator 19 will point to the numeral 10 u on the chart, and this added to twenty- 've, the

Witnesses:

DAVID L. Brsnorr, JOHN R. THoNLEY. 

